General English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Directions: Each sentence given below has two blanks. Each blank indicates that something has been omitted. Choose the word that best fits in the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Public sector infrastructure financing companies could____ of the ambitious 'smart cities' citing______of guaranteed returns on investments.┬а
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5e3417bf5c5cbd20e5903f3a- 1opt for, crisisfalse
- 2opt out , lacktrue
- 3prefer, excessfalse
- 4select, lackfalse
- 5opt, causefalse
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Answer : 2. "opt out , lack "
Q:Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word given in capital letters:
CLUMSY
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5d70b8aceb96471d6f365075- 1Ungracefultrue
- 2Adroitfalse
- 3Dexterousfalse
- 4Roughfalse
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Answer : 1. "Ungraceful"
Q:Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning of the given word as your answer.
Earthly
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5f311069c923a92061dd25a6- 1Heavenlytrue
- 2Mundanefalse
- 3Terrestrialfalse
- 4Bodilyfalse
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Answer : 1. "Heavenly"
Q: Direction(47): In the following, pick out the correct meaning of the following idioms:
On the Cards
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5d75d6f934e9db73cc628ec7On the Cards
- 1To run awayfalse
- 2Anticipatedtrue
- 3Anticipatedfalse
- 4Sanctionfalse
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Answer : 2. "Anticipated "
Q: In the following four option find the wrongly spelt words.
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5f55cf3c3f2a9d42b241942a- 1Lechiroustrue
- 2Fabulousfalse
- 3Superfluousfalse
- 4Adventurousfalse
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Answer : 1. "Lechirous"
Q:Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-
He was for a time our captain.
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5fbc9ad1c8a3f7269c9d3533- 1for sometimefalse
- 2oncetrue
- 3at any timefalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 2. "once"
Q:Pick out the correct sentence from those given below:
(A) It was a darkest evening of the year.
(B) It was a darker evening of the year.
(C) It was the darkest evening of the year.
(D) It was the most darkest evening of the year.┬а
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5e6a16128fcee56af2fcefe8(B) It was a darker evening of the year.
(C) It was the darkest evening of the year.
(D) It was the most darkest evening of the year.┬а
- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Ctrue
- 4Dfalse
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Answer : 3. "C"
Q:Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
The population of Sri Lanka are less than that of India.
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611b7f1f6d0fd147810fed07- 1than thatfalse
- 2Sri Lanka aretrue
- 3of Indiafalse
- 4The populationfalse
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